Recaps

Mu En built the Erdtree Network, expanded the Alliance’s technology and influence, and set out with Dola to find Laputa. After crossing the Dragon’s Nest, the expedition reached the ruined city and discovered its failing robots and giant gardener guardian.

• Mu En discovered that golden apples made people Blessed, then created the Erdtree Network so they could communicate through a shared mental space.
• Asbel and Pejite’s craftsmen tested new engine designs, recruited workers under improved conditions, and began developing advanced machinery for the Erdtree Alliance.
• Mu En created an Erdtree Avatar, rewarded Dola and Muska with golden apples, sent missionaries to industrial cities, and prepared to search for Laputa.
• Mu En brought the evolved Fallingstar Beast, whom he named Niuniu, aboard Dola’s Goliath and ordered the crew to follow Sheeta’s Volucite beam toward Laputa.
• The Goliath rescued Simon and Scarlett’s damaged O’Hara airship, and Mu En recognized Scarlett before identifying the Dragon’s Nest as Laputa.
• Mu En shielded the Goliath as Dola piloted it through the Dragon’s Nest, and the ship emerged beside Laputa, where the expedition began exploring and cataloging the ruins.
• Mu En found signs that Laputa was deteriorating from the bottom up as its Volucite energy dwindled, then flew Pazu and Sheeta to the sky garden.
• Mu En discovered more than fifty broken robots near a black stone monument, and a giant gardener robot arrived to place flowers on them.